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From: ric@diltd.demon.co.uk (Ric Harwood)
Newsgroups: demon.ip.support,demon.tech.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:10:20 GMT
Organization: Discovery International Ltd
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Hi Dom, {:^)
In demon.ip.support, dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk (Dominic Mitchell),
Dominic Mitchell wrote:
>What exactly do you mean by batch http?
As batch ftp. We send an email to ftp@demon.net containing the ftp
URL of the file required. Multiple retrevals can be retreieved by
putting each url on a new line. Then I can log on to ftp.demon as
diltd rather than anonymously and ftp the file. A local example,
would be that I could get:
ftp://area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk/pub/docs/hackers/hacker.definitions
by batch ftp, but not:
http://area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk/~ric/files/flame.txt
Obviously no big advantge for those two anyway, but for sites in the
US the time saving is often large.
>Do you mean "download the contents of this site, so that I can look
>through it on my machine, later"?
Not exactly. [as above] I understand Web Whacker does this in
windoze, but I haven't got looking at it yet.
>If so, then there was a package recently announced (past month) on
>comp.os.linux.announce which used the lynx browser to do just such a
>thing.
When I get my ppp working... {;^)
>If you keep poking me about it (after this weekend), I'll install it on
>area51 for you, Ric.
You asked for it... {:^))
BFN
Ric
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